TS3500 Tape Library
Highlights
- Supports highly scalable, automated data retention utilizing LTO Ultrium® and IBM 3592 and TS1100 families of Tape Drives
- More than 30 PB of uncompressed storage capacity dramatically improves floor space utilization and reduces cost
- Optional second robotic accessor enhances data availability and reliability
- Granular configuration and capacity on demand options allow library to grow as the needs grow, to optimize capital investments
- Provides data security and regulatory compliance via support for tape drive encryption and WORM cartridges
The IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library (TS3500 tape library) is designed to provide a highly scalable, automated tape library for mainframe and open systems backup and archive in midrange to enterprise environments.
The TS3500 tape library can also be ordered with a dual accessor model option to help increase mount performance and overall system reliability and availability. The TS3500 Model HA1 allows two robotic accessors to operate simultaneously in configurations from two to 16 frames.
The TS3500 tape library’s entry base frame provides a more flexible upgrade path for users who want to expand their tape storage at time of need. Capacity on Demand (CoD) configurations for TS3500 tape library L-frame models include the “entry-level” configuration, an “intermediate” configuration, and a “full capacity” configuration. S-frame models also allow two CoD configurations.
Common features
- Ability to attach multiple simultaneous heterogeneous servers
- Remote management using a Web browser
- SNMP functionality
- Advanced Library Management System (ALMS)
- Persistent World Wide Name
- Multipath architecture
- Drive/media exception reporting
- Remote drive/media management
- Host-based path failover
- Supports TS1120, TS1130,TS1040 and TS1050 tape drive encryption
Hardware summary
- One base frame, and up to 15 expansion frames
- Up to 12 drives per frame (up to 192 per library)
- Up to 224 I/O slots (16 I/O slots standard)
- IBM 3592 JA/JJ/JB and JW/JR/JX (WORM) cartridges or IBM LTO Ultrium® 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 cartridges
- Up to 60 PB with IBM Ultrium 5 cartridges
- Up to 45 PB with 3592 extended capacity cartridges
- LTO Fibre Channel interface for server attachment
